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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM March 2013
... for a major emergency or disaster in BC? Over the last 5 decades the number of global disasters—both natural and ... limited, and has actually decreased over the past decade.[ 5 ] It is difficult to be involved or provide leadership in ... medical school, residency training, and CME programs.[ 5 ] Another is for health administrators to actively engage ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC March 2013
... they can cause cancer, cell mutation, and kidney failure.[ 5 ] Kava-kava tablets (labeled Comprimes Kava-Kava-Medicament ...
News March 2013
... 1. Quebec 2. Ontario 3. New Brunswick 4. Nova Scotia 5. British Columbia 6. Manitoba 7. Alberta 8. Saskatchewan 9. ...
News March 2013
... $307482 in 2010–11, a 3.1% increase—the smallest in 5 years, according to a report from the Canadian Institute ... earlier. The remainder came from alternative payments ($5.5 billion), with Ontario accounting for $2.7 billion and ...
News March 2013
... study can be viewed at: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/5/168/168ra8 . News Slow growth and brain development in ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, March 2013
... [they] develop, their growth must be gently directed.”[ 5 ]  His views that “children should be fully understood ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... as 1 in 6 teenagers exhibiting early evidence of CAD.[ 5 ]  While the disease is common, the progression of ... old from close to 30% within the first month7 to less than 5%.[ 8 ] CAD is a chronic illness rather than an acute one ... had poor initial exercise capacity (MET value less than 5) but were compliant with the program.  Elements of CR   ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... (6 or 7 of 11 respondents) for 33% of the scenarios (5 of 15).  No single scenario was judged appropriate for ... in women (52.4%; 2713 of 5182 tests) than in men (23.5%; 644 of 2746 tests). Figure 3  shows that clinicians ... (13.7%; 1088 of 7928 orders), hematologists (9.5%; 752 of 7928 orders), and neurologists (6.9%; 550 of 7928 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... (COPD),[ 1-4 ] and more trials are currently underway.[ 5 ] There is limited evidence concerning the efficacy of home ... to be safe, but if they are not (e.g., they smoke within 1.5 m or 5 feet of oxygen equipment or have a fire incident), they are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... The probability of diagnosing celiac disease is over 5% in those persons with a family history of celiac disease ...